Operation Petsburgh
Operation Petsburgh is one of Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh (HARP)’s most critical and innovative programs. By transporting at-risk animals from areas where resources and medical care are limited to HARP’s East Side and North Side shelters, these dogs and cats are given a second chance at life. The animals then fulfill a great need […]
Spay and Neuter Awareness
Do you consider yourself a pet owner or pet parent? Over 75% consider pets as family members. This makes it hard to believe that around 13.5 million dogs and cats were euthanized in the US in the early 1970s, nearly 20% of the entire population! Even with all those deceased animals, millions of cats and […]
Humane Animal Rescue Of Pittsburgh Announces Exciting New Rebrand
Release date: EMBARGO: Hold for 12:01 a.m. Thursday, January 14, 2021 Contact: Michele Frennier, Director of Marketing mfrennier@humaneanimalrescue.org Cell: (412) 965-6014 New Name and New Look Reflects Continued Commitment to the Community PITTSBURGH, PA January 14, 2021 – Humane Animal Rescue, one of Pennsylvania’s largest non-profit organizations dedicated to the welfare of animals, pet […]
CATSA: Space-themed Cat Shelter Design to Benefit Community Cats
Send a kitty off to space and support production of affordable, sustainable community cat shelters with this unique, limited edition CATSA Lander Mark1 indoor cat bed. CATSA is a woman-owned, Pittsburgh-based small business on a mission to create the coolest, space-themed, cat-centric design objects possible. Proceeds from design work help fund cat rescue and advocacy […]
They Are All Simply Cats
This is the story of a cat named Gabby who was, all at the same time, an owned cat, an abandoned cat, a rescued cat, a feral cat, a stray cat, a homeless cat, and more—all dependent on his relationship to humans, but not on his own being. What kind of cat was Gabby, really? […]
Let Food be Your Pet’s Medicine
Holistic medicine sees wellness as a dynamic balance. It honors the body’s homeostatic processes that allow the organism to bring itself back into equilibrium. A holistic practitioner simply provides what is needed to nudge the body back to normal. In holistic medicine we see optimal health as something more than simply the absence of sickness. […]
Dressage? (Or You mean Gymnastic Training for All Horses?
From Wikipedia: Dressage; a French term, most commonly translated to mean “training.” What does the word dressage mean? It means training. Training is what most of us do when we ride our horses. I am just not sure why so many riders differentiate between a horse being a dressage horse and one being a hunter? […]
Help! My Pet Has an Emergency!
Beth Rossi Since March of 2020, Veterinary practices have been busier than ever! People are home spending more time with their pets and adding new pet additions to their families. In order to keep clients, pets, and staff safe, veterinarians have had to put into place new protocols and rules that take additional time to […]
Cooperative Care for Cats
Until recently, cats were considered untrainable and even unintelligent because they didn’t respond to common tests and techniques in the way other animals did, notably dogs, to whom they were most often compared. You put them in a maze, which any rodent can complete, but they wander a little bit, then settle down in a […]
Reductionist Nutrition Vs. Food Synergy
The impact of proper nutrition on the wellbeing of any animal cannot be overstated. Nutrients interact with and modify molecular mechanisms in the body affecting all aspects the organism’s physiological functions. From the fields of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics we know that diet plays an important role in an animal’s phenotype and expression of health. Our […]